Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus - Pic à couronne rouge

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Picidés
Genus
:
Melanerpes
Species
:
rubricapillus

Descriptor

Cabanis, 1862

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 40 à 65 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus (sw Costa Rica to the Guianas, Tobago)
Melanerpes rubricapillus subfusculus (Coiba I.. off Panama.)
Melanerpes rubricapillus seductus (San Miguel I.. off Panama.)
Melanerpes rubricapillus paraguanae (Paraguaná Pen.. n Venezuela.)

Foreign names

Pic à couronne rouge,
Carpintero coronirrojo,
pica-pau-de-coroa-vermelha,
Rotkappenspecht,
nyugati küllő,
Roodkruinspecht,
Picchio capirosso,
rödkronad hackspett,
Rødkronespett,
tesárik čiapočkatý,
datel kápový,
Rødkronet Spætte,
pikkuraitatikka,
picot de corona roja,
dzięciur czerwonołbisty,
Красношапочный меланерпес,
シロビタイシマセゲラ,
红冠啄木鸟,
紅冠啄木,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest